harmonica
noun
har·mon·i·ca
här-ˈmä-ni-kə 
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: a small rectangular wind instrument with free reeds recessed in air slots from which tones are sounded by exhaling and inhaling
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In the summer of 2014, Chris and Morgane, along with co-producer Dave Cobb, Stapleton’s drummer Derek Mixon and bassist J.T. Cure, and special guests Mickey Raphael on harmonica and Robby Turner on pedal steel guitar entered RCA’s famed Studio A in Nashville.
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Deborah Evans Price, Billboard, 29 May 2025
From there, the brothers rope in a boozy harmonica virtuoso named Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo), who only accepts the gig after the brothers agree to pay him in Irish beer.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
One of many standouts on Too Low For Zero, longtime guitar player Davey Johnstone gets a co-write credit here (and Stevie Wonder chimes in on harmonica).
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
He’s earned international esteem as a bandleader and collaborator with other singular artists like Afro-Swiss harmonica virtuoso Grégoire Maret, Japanese piano star Hiromi, and Cuban reed great Paquito D’Rivera.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
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Deborah Evans Price, Billboard, 29 May 2025
From there, the brothers rope in a boozy harmonica virtuoso named Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo), who only accepts the gig after the brothers agree to pay him in Irish beer.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
One of many standouts on Too Low For Zero, longtime guitar player Davey Johnstone gets a co-write credit here (and Stevie Wonder chimes in on harmonica).
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
He’s earned international esteem as a bandleader and collaborator with other singular artists like Afro-Swiss harmonica virtuoso Grégoire Maret, Japanese piano star Hiromi, and Cuban reed great Paquito D’Rivera.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Harmonica.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harmonica. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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harmonica
noun
har·mon·i·ca
här-ˈmän-i-kə
: a small musical instrument that is held in the hand and played by the mouth and that produces a sound through metal reeds which vibrate as air is blown or drawn past them
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